One or many? The influence of episodic and thematic climate change frames on policy preferences and individual behavior change

Science Communication

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-51

  Hart, Philip Solomon ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; environmental communication; framing theory; risk communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955539855     PISSN: 10755470     EISSN: 15528545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1075547010366400     Document Type: Article

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